Functional neuroanatomy of meditation: A review and meta-analysis of 78 functional neuroimaging investigations

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 208-228

  Fox, Kieran C R ^a   Dixon, Matthew L ^a   Nijeboer, Savannah ^a   Girn, Manesh ^a   Floman, James L ^a   Lifshitz, Michael ^b   Ellamil, Melissa ^c   Sedlmeier, Peter ^d   Christoff, Kalina ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation likelihood estimation; Focused attention; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Meditation; Meta analysis; Open monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LIFESTYLE; MEDITATION; MONITORING; NEUROANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDITATION; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 84962792176     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.03.021     Document Type: Review

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